Where is the oldest Pokie Machine?

If you are one of the millions of people who are now playing online games on the web, rather than physically going to casinos and clubs, then you know about pokies (or slot machines, as they are also called), but what do you know about their history?

It is so much easier to play in the comfort of your own home than to go to stuffy (and expensive) private clubs! And everyone likes to sneak a few coins into a slot machine to see if you can hit the Jackpot!

So what are Pokies? And how long have they been around?

To find out, i did a search on the web for “online pokies” and immediately found the Online Pokies Club which had all the info i wanted in one place.

They have reviews of all the best online Pokie games around on the net, and even have the top five featured on the front page.

The even have innovative Video Reviews of the games so you can see exactly what you will be getting into. It must have taken them hours for each one!

They also have info about Slots tournaments, where you get the best bonuses, and even where you can play free Pokies.

But i was looking for the history page, and there i found out that the very first pokie machine was built by Charles August Fey in 1895, and was called the Liberty Bell. It was installed in a saloon in San Francisco with the same name, and apparently it is still there as a museum piece. The saloon is still owned by the Fey family.

The history page is extremely indepth and gives every piece of info you could possibly want to know, like in 1999 Microgaming were paying out jackpots over US$1,000,000 on a monthly basis!

Now that is a game worth putting a few few coins into on a regular basis!